INVASION PAMPHLET

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20639, 20 August 1941, Page 9

INVASION PAMPHLET

ISSUE IN BRITAIN “STAND FIRM" ORDER If invasion comes to the United Kingdom, the people in the invasion areas are asked to stand firm and in other parts to carry on as usual. A copy of a phamplet entitled “Beating The Invader” issued to the people of Great Britain and received by a Gisborne resident, is particularly interesting at this stage in view of the forecast that the Nazis intend to attempt an invasion this year. The pamphlet contains a message from the Prime Minister, Mr. Winston Churchill, and is addressed to every person, old and young. They are asked to evacuate any given areas before a threatened invasion if asked by the military authorities to do so. for after the attack began it .would be too late. Those remaining in a combat area are advised to stand firm in the safeest place until the battle is over. The same applied to any part of the coun try where parachutists or air-borne troops landed, but the remainder o: the population outside the battle area, was asked to carry on without hindering troop movements by making unnecessary use of the roads. A warning was given against rumours and faked messages and instructions given to put motor vehicles and bicycles out of action when there was an immediate risk of them being seized by the enemy and to destroy all maps. The pamphlet concluded with the* words: “Do not tell the enemy anything: do not give him anything; do not help him in any way.”